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9.
MOONSTRUCK
(1987) [video/DVD]

Director: Norman Jewison

Cast: Cher

Nicolas Cage

Olympia Dukakis

Vincent Gardenia

Danny Aiello

John Mahoney

Anita Gillette

10.
MERMAIDS
(1990) [video/DVD]

Director: Richard Benjamin

Cast: Cher

Bob Hoskins

Winona Ryder

Christina Ricci

Michael Schoeffling

Jan Miner

11.
THE PLAYER
(1992) [video/DVD]

Director: Robert Altman

Cast: Tim Robbins

Whoopi Goldberg

Greta Scacchi

Peter Gallagher

Sally Kellerman

Dina Merrill

Cher

Sally Kirkland

Steve Allen

Jayne Meadows

12.
READY TO WEAR
(1994) [video/DVD]

Director: Robert Altman

Cast: Sophia Loren

Marcello Mastroianni

Julia Roberts

Linda Hunt

Tracy Ullman

Kim Basinger

Lyle Lovett

Cher

13.
FAITHFUL
(1996) [video]

Director: Paul Mazursky

Cast: Cher

Ryan O’Neal

Chazz Palminteri

Paul Mazursky

14.
IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK
(1996) [video/DVD]

Directors: Nancy Savoca and Cher

Cast: Sissy Spacek

Diana Scarwid

Demi Moore

Anne Heche

C. C. H. Pounder

Shirley Knight

Jada Pinkett

Cher

15.
TEA WITH MUSSOLINI
(1999) [video/DVD]

Director: Franco Zeffirelli

Cast: Cher

Judi Dench

Joan Plowright

Maggie Smith

Lily Tomlin

TELEVISION

SERIES

1.
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour

CBS-TV (1971–74)

2.
Cher

CBS-TV (1975–76)

3.
The Sonny & Cher Show

CBS-TV (1976–77)

TV SPECIALS

1.
Cher

CBS-TV (February 12, 1975)

2.
Cher . . . Special

ABC-TV (April 3, 1978)

3.
Cher . . . And Other Fantasies

NBC-TV (April 7, 1979)

4.
Cher—A Celebration at Caesar’s Palace

Showtime Cable-TV (April 21, 1983)

5.
Cher: Extravaganza at the Mirage
[video]

CBS-TV (February 4, 1991)

6.
Sonny & Me . . . Cher Remembers

CBS-TV (May 20, 1998)

7.
VH1 Divas Live
’99 [video / DVD]

VH1 Cable TV (April 13, 1999)

8.
Cher Live in Concert
[video / DVD]

HBO Cable-TV (August 29, 1999)

ALBUMS AND SINGLES CERTIFIED “GOLD” AND “PLATINUM” IN THE UNITED STATES

(For a single, “Gold” signifies a million copies sold. For an album, “Gold” signifies 500,000 copies sold, “Platinum” signifies a million copies sold.)

ALBUMS

Sonny & Cher

Look at Us
(1965) Number 2/Gold

Sonny
&
Cher Live
(1971) Number 35/Gold

All I Ever Need Is You
(1972) Number 14/Gold

Solo

Cher
[a.k.a.
Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves
] (1971) Number 16/Gold

Half Breed
(1973) Number 28/Gold

Take Me Home
(1979) Number 25/Gold

Cher
(1987) Number 32/Platinum

Heart of Stone
(1989) Number 10/Double Platinum

Love Hurts
(1991) Number 48/Gold

Believe
(1998) Number 4/Triple Platinum

SINGLES

Sonny & Cher

“I Got You Babe” (1965) Number 1/Gold

Solo

“Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves” (1971) Number 1/Gold

“Half Breed” (1973) Number 1/Gold

“Dark Lady” (1974) Number 1/Gold

“Take Me Home” (1979) Number 8/Gold

“After All” (1989) Number 6/Gold

“If I Could Turn Back Time” (1989) Number 3/Gold

“Believe” (1998) Number 1/Platinum

AWARDS

GRAMMY AWARDS

Best Dance Recording (1999) [Awarded in 2000] “Believe”

ACADEMY AWARDS

Best Actress (1987) [Awarded in 1988]
Moonstruck

GOLDEN GLOBE

Best Supporting Actress (1983)
Silkwood

CANNES FILM FESTIVAL

Best Actress (1985)
Mask

BOYFRIENDOGRAPHY

WARREN BEATTY,
actor

—dated (1962)

SONNY BONO,
record producer, singer

—lived with (1964–69)

—married to (1969–75)

BILL HAMM,
guitar player with Sonny & Cher

—dated (1972–73)

DAVID PAICH,
conductor, keyboard player with Sonny & Cher

—dated (1973)

BERNIE TAUPIN,
songwriter

—dated (1973)

DAVID GEFFEN,
record producer

—dated (1973–75)

GREGG ALLMAN,
rock star, the Allman Brothers

—dated (1975)

—married to (1975–78)

GENE SIMMONS,
rock star, KISS

—dated (1978–80)

LES DUDEK,
rock & roll guitarist

—dated (1980–82)

RON DUGUAY,
hockey player

—dated (1982)

JOHN HEARD,
actor

—dated (1982)

JOHN LOEFFLER,
singer

—dated (1982–83)

VAL KILMER,
actor

—dated (1982–84)

ERIC STOLTZ,
actor

—dated (1984)

JOSH DONEN,
television executive

—dated (1984–86)

TOM CRUISE,
actor

—dated (1985–86)

ROB CAMILLETTI,
bagel baker, actor

—dated (1986–89)

RICHIE SAMBORA,
rock star, Bon Jovi

—dated (1989–90)

ERIC CLAPTON,
rock star

—dated (1991)

THE SONNY & CHER COMEDY
HOUR, EPISODE-BY-EPISODE

Note:
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
was originally a six-episode summer replacement series on CBS-TV. It was such a success that it returned in December 1971 as a regularly broadcast series. In the beginning of 1974 Sonny & Cher divorced, and the last episode of
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
was broadcast in May 1974. In the interim, ABC-TV broadcast
The Sonny Comedy Review
(1974), and CBS-TV produced the short-lived
The Cher Show
(1975). Neither show worked successfully. The duo, now divorced, returned with their retooled show, now known as
The Sonny & Cher Show
, broadcast from February 1976 to August 1977.

THE ORIGINAL SIX SUMMER 1971 EPISODES

1. Guest Star: Jimmy Durante

Songs: “It Don’t Come Easy,” “Go Ahead Sock It to the People,” “They Said I Sing Like a Frog” (Sonny), “Mrs. Robinson,” “You’re Gonna Miss Me” (Durante), “You Made Me Love You” (Cher), “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” (Sonny & Cher), “Suspicious Minds” [Cher dressed as a Good ‘n’ Plenty candy], “I Got You Babe” [closing song, with an explanation of the song].

2. Guest Star: Phyllis Diller

Songs: “Proud Mary,” “Georgia,” “We’ll Meet Again,” “On Our Own” (Sonny & Cher).

3. Guest Stars: Harvey Korman, Robert Merrill, Carroll O’Connor

Songs: “All I Ever Need Is You” (Sonny & Cher), “Gypsys, Tramps and Thieves,” “Nobody Knows,” “It Came upon a Midnight Clear” (Cher), “Listen Children” (animated).

4. Guest Stars: Dinah Shore, Tony Curtis, Glen Campbell, Carol Burnett, George Burns

Songs: “Sooner or Later” (opening), “I’m Gonna Love You,” “I’ve Got a Song” (Shore solo), “Mr. Tambourine Man” (Sonny & Cher), “Joy to the World” (Sonny & Cher, and Dinah Shore).

5. Guest Star: Carroll O’Connor

Songs: “Good Day Sunshine” (Sonny & Cher), “What a Difference a Day Makes,” “Rip It Up,” “Remembering You.”

6. Guest Star: Kate Smith

Songs include “How Long Has This Been Going On.”

REGULARLY SCHEDULED EPISODES

December 1971 to May 1974

7. Guest Star: Tony Randall, Honeycomb

Songs: “I Love You More Today Than Yesterday” (opening), “The Way of Love” (Cher), “One Monkey Don’t Stop No Show” (Honeycomb), “Brand New Key” (video), “We’ll Sing in the Sunshine” (Sonny & Cher).

8. Guest Star: Art Carney

Songs: “You’re Too Good to Be True” (Sonny & Cher), “Ain’t Misbehavin’ ” (Cher), You’ve Got a Friend” (Sonny & Cher).

9. Guest Star: Burt Reynolds

Songs: “Cry Like a Baby,” “Am I Blue,” “Bad Moon Rising,” “I Got You Babe” (Sonny & Cher).

10. Guest Stars: Mike Connors, Jean Stapleton

Songs: “People Got to Be Free” (opening), “Together/It’s So Easy” (Sonny & Cher).

11. Guest Stars: George Burns, David Clayton Thomas

Songs: “The Beat Goes On,” “We’re on Our Way Home” (Sonny & Cher).

12. Guest Stars: The Jackson Five, Ronald Reagan

Songs: “Let Me Down Easy” (Cher), “Looking through the Window” (Jackson Five), “Say It Isn’t So,” “Run Along Show.”

13. Guest Stars: Chad Everett, Bobby Sherman

Songs: “Happy Together” (opening), “Marching to the Music” (Bobby Sherman), “Simple Song of Freedom,” “Look What They’ve Done to My Song” (Sonny & Cher).

14. Guest Stars: Jerry Lewis, the Supremes